Just Measure of Pain: The Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 (Peregrine Books)

By Michael Ignatieff

Book Overview

Subtitled The Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution 1750-1850, A Just Measure of Pain describes the moment in 18th century England when the modern penitentiary and its ambiguous legacy were born.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231050577
• ISBN13: 9780231050579
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.